Bowel cancer screening test result code N[A]
Value Domain Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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| METEOR identifier: | 530018 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 29/08/2014 |
| Definition: | A code set representing the result of a bowel cancer screening test. |
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | String | |
| Format: | N[A] | |
| Maximum character length: | 2 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Positive |
| 2 | Negative | |
| 3 | Inconclusive | |
| 4 | No result | |
| 1F | Positive - faulty | |
| 2F | Negative - faulty | |
| 3F | Inconclusive - faulty | |
| 4F | No result - faulty | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | Bowel cancer screening typically involves the application of a faecal occult blood test (FOBT), in which FOBT are tested in a laboratory for the presence of blood. CODE 1 Positive Blood was detected in either faecal sample. CODE 2 Negative Blood was not detected in either faecal sample. CODE 3 Inconclusive Only one faecal sample was taken and it was negative. CODE 4 No result No result was detected in either faecal sample. CODE 1F Positive - faulty Blood was detected in either faecal sample, however the test provided was inaccurate and results should be disregarded. CODE 2F Negative - faulty Blood was not detected in either faecal sample, however the test provided was inaccurate and results should be disregarded. CODE 3F Inconclusive - faulty Only one faecal sample was taken and it was negative, however the test provided was inaccurate and results should be disregarded. CODE 4F No result - faulty No result was detected in either faecal sample, however the test provided was inaccurate and results should be disregarded. |
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Relational attributes | |
| Data elements implementing this value domain: | Person—cancer screening test result, bowel cancer code N[A] Health, Standard 29/08/2014 |
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